Suicidal after gambling

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Holy Mother, please send angels to help Paul. Please ask our Lord to give him the graces he needs to seek help from a counselor and/or 12 step support group. Please ask him to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen.

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
Im going okay ,no gambling today and the last two days and I don’t have the urge to go play

I hope the urge continues to stay away

Peace
 
Lord Jesus Christ, You have willed that St. Dymphna should be invoked by thousands of clients as the patroness of nervous and mental disease and have brought it about that her interest in these patients should be an inspiration to and an ideal of charity throughout the world. Grant that, through the prayers of this youthful martyr of purity, those who suffer from nervous and mental illness everywhere on earth may be helped and consoled. I recommend to You in particular those for whom we now pray: Paul the Apostle

Be pleased to hear the prayers of St. Dymphna and of Your Blessed Mother. Give those whom I recommend the patience to bear with their affliction and resignation to do Your divine will. Give them the consolation they need and especially the cure they so much desire, if it be Your will. Through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
 
Lord remember and be gracious unto those who pray for me on this site.

Another day with no gambling:)

Lord continue to help me stay away from gambling ,help me to resist any urge and desire to gamble,help me to put my money to better use,help me to give to those who are in need and to support the church also.Lord since I began gambling I have stopped giving and have been consumed with my own gain,help me to see the needs of others and to be a charitable giver.

Amen
 
What’s your plan to handle the urge when it strikes again?

We ask to be led from temptation and delivered from evil each time we pray the Our Father, sometimes it’s also a good thing to have an idea of the roads we can take that will keep us from going down those we know too well.

It’s a joy to see you sticking with your goal of recovery. Today I am grateful to see your happy face 🙂 celebrating. It’s a big step towards freedom…do you have a GA group in your area? They know where you are, know where you want to go and can show you how to get there one step at a time.

((((Hugs with the prayers))))
 
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Holy Mother, please send angels to help Paul. Please ask our Lord to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen…

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
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Amen
 
Holy Mother, please send angels to help Paul. Please ask our Lord to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen…

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
Thanks

Well tonight I decided I would go out for a bit of fun and play so I went to a big Italian club to play,i thought I may as well let them have the money if I lose.

The counsellor said I need help with cognitive thinking ,because I talk myself into going by saying im entitled to go out for a bit of fun and entertainment…but it doesn’t seem like fun when I get tense and nervous and angry when im losing and their seems to be a habit when I go to this Italian club ,I release anger ,last time I spat on the sign-in sheets on the way out and tonight as I pushed the exit door open I spacked my hand hard against it to push it open which wouldnt have been good to startle the elderly man and woman sitting near the door.

I also said before I went in that if I play I will always come to this club because being Italian myself I thought I would support the club if I happen to lose money gambling.

But I see that I get real angry there when I lose and I really don’t wish to explode there and unleash anger but in my life there are times I explode and the anger comes out.

My Father passed away couple years ago and he used to have a passion for playing these machines ,I started gambling the time he was sick and dying,and I blocked it all out for a long time and sort of carried the tradition of my father to play these machines as a way of sort of connecting with him,but im dealing with his death better day by day now and talking about him with my mum and I have been feeling better about it all lately.

Thanks for your continued prayers and help,i know its all helping and I appreciate it ,may God be good to you all and bless you.

Paul
 
Thank you for sharing this and keeping us up to date. I pray that one day soon you will decide to simply not walk into one of those places ever again.

Holy Mother, please send angels to strengthen Paul. Please ask our Lord to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen…

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
Holy Mother, please send angels to strengthen Paul. Please ask our Lord to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen…

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
Holy Mother, please send angels to strengthen Paul. Please ask our Lord to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen…

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
Ive been doing great going to an old parish and raising my soul up and even had a weekend without going out gambling.

But today I allowed myself to think again that I will shout myself a bit of entertainment and I went to play 50 dollars

I lost and got only a little value for money but overall was turned off even more.

For the last hour at home I have felt terrible and honestly felt like 100 demons were sinking their claws into me and pulling my soul into hell.

I read the life of a Holy man and prayed to him and thank God I feel out of that hell now.

Thanks again for your prayers.
 
Yesterday and today no machines and feel stronger and don’t plan on going any time soon again after what happened the other day,was amazing how I prayed to that Holy man and I felt my soul being released from that hell I was feeling and raised up again.

I don’t want to experience that hell again.

Lord have mercy Lord have mercy Lord have mercy
 
Thanks be to God!

Holy Mother, please send angels to strengthen Paul. Please ask our Lord to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen…

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
Its Saturday night,was tempted a bit to play but resisted and said no ,no gambling ,no throwing my money down a hungry machine and really didn’t want to feel miserable again

bedtime now

Lord have mercy Lord have mercy Lord have mercy
 
Stay strong! With all of these prayers, God’s help, and a good program you will beat your addiction.

Breathe into me Holy Spirit, that all my thoughts may be holy. Move in me, Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Attract my heart, Holy Spirit, that I may love only what is holy. Strengthen me, Holy Spirit, that I may defend all that is holy. Protect me, Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy.
 
Paul_theApostle said:
Its Saturday night,was tempted a bit to play but resisted and said no ,no gambling ,no throwing my money down a hungry machine and really didn’t want to feel miserable again

bedtime now

Lord have mercy Lord have mercy Lord have mercy
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Thank Lord Jesus and Mother Mary.

The more you resist, the easier it will become. Continue to ask him for help. May God bless you.

Holy Mother, please send angels to strengthen Paul. Please ask our Lord to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen…

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
slacktide said:
Stay strong! With all of these prayers, God’s help, and a good program you will beat your addiction.

Breathe into me Holy Spirit, that all my thoughts may be holy. Move in me, Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Attract my heart, Holy Spirit, that I may love only what is holy. Strengthen me, Holy Spirit, that I may defend all that is holy. Protect me, Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy.
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Amen

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